

Artfully Invited
We are looking for your help. Through the Great Places Designation program , Cedar County is pursuing a county-wide mural project. This project is designed to give voice to unique and authentic qualities of each Cedar County community while unifying the relationship between them. This placemaking effort allows each Cedar County city to design an iconic photo realistic image in the “Vintage Postcard” style that gives representation to the city’s history, culture and future.


Self Investment
With our recent conversation about reinvesting in our communities, it is a good time to revisit a Des Moines Register article. It illustrated the changing times we are seeing in the Iowa economy. The article "How Iowa's Midsize Cities Have Been Left Behind" tell the story the changes these communities and it's citizens are seeing as a result of a changing economic climate. As with the accompanying video, it features the community of Clinton, Iowa. It's an interesting art